Halifax I dare you to try

When it comes to road safety, zero is the only acceptable number. It's several years old now, but this video still packs a punch #VisionZero #SafeStreets #RoadViolence #ZeroVisionHFX youtu.be/yHhiUv9hX-o

Our next Transportation Standing Committee meeting is cancelled due to lack of agenda items. Our annual road safety report is presented to Council on Tuesday as an "information only" item I wrote to councillors requesting action appropriate to address a safety crisis docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Some pics from what’s under the surface at Dartmouth Cove from today’s bioblitz

"I support active transportation in areas within my control " -Halifax MP Shannon Miedema The only active transportation within her control:

Pedestrian only streets and bike lanes should not be removed for winter. Vulnerable road user crashes account for 22% of all injury and fatal road crashes in HRM. That is justification alone for permanent, not seasonal, safe spaces.

Glad to see new recommendations from the Child Death Review Committee regarding swimming pools, but there’s nothing new in there that addresses the biggest cause of accidental deaths in the studied age group (1-24)

Motion from Sam Austin for RC meet on 18 Nov. to "accelerate implementation of HRM’s Road Safety program as it relates to road design" including to "Provide short-term options for the 2026/2027 budget as a potential over budget item" pub-halifax.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a...

“We can move a lot more people in a lane full of buses than in a lane full of cars. But that requires change, and that’s what’s difficult for a lot of people.” Can data help Halifax shift its #CarBrain mentality? #CarCulture www.dal.ca/news/2025/11...

Huh? www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/cultur...

youtu.be/gbxANy59vVI Still looking for a public outdoor home for this 200lb proof of concept. It will continue to glow for the next 10-15 years. Get at me organizers. I'm just an idea man, I will get bored and move on to the next one. #DiscoverHalifax #nochfx25 #halifax #art #artatnight

"They covered roughly 30 kilometres a day, speaking in town halls along the way about the barriers amputees faced after the Great War" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I'm sorry, but what sort of dumbass ad is this? I know when I buy paint, I put the individual cans on the rooftop instead of in the car.

Long overdue. Traffic light controlled crosswalks must replace the notoriously dangerous amber overhead flashing lights, used for most 3+ lane arterial road crossings.

Hey Nova Scotia, here’s some good news for a change.

Because most people do not regularly walk or bike along main roads, they never see the extent of it. When you move slower we see things like Porcupines treading through our trash, marshland dotted with takeaway cups

For every person attending there is probably five more of us who could not make it due to work, family, etc. But who hugely appreciate the effort made by organisers and attendees. Thanks all, thanks @cyclehalifax.ca

So many #BikeHFX folks showed up for the I Light Halifax ride tonight. The marshals did a fantastic job keeping everyone safe. The organizers pulled off a great event. Thanks @cyclehalifax.ca and everyone that made this happen!

The I Light HFX ride ride tonight is going ahead! @cyclehalifax.ca #bikeHFX

Difficult but essential reading. Councillors must step up on 18 November and respond to appalling danger with motions and action. Including adopting Vision Zero (zero deaths in our roads) by 2038 as an actual Goal and target.

A bit of good news in Nova Scotia. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Wilderness areas make way for housing : "We have to get over our snobbery of what makes a home. We can’t keep building out into forests because people want big single-family homes in nature, yet complain when there are deer and bears in their yards" www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

I do a lot of cycling on roads like this and most drivers give me a lot of space. However many have trouble understanding the need to wait for a safe time to overtake. Obviously I am getting trashed in the comments (apologies to non FB users) www.facebook.com/reel/7875871...

Regional Council will be reviewing atrocious worsening road safety, particularly for vulnerable road users, on 18 November. In 2025 cyclist and pedestrian crashes continue to increase vs previous years (this via our open crash data) docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Nov. 4 is the first year anniversary of this Halifax regional council meeting. I have been trying since December to get an interview with Mayor Andy Fillmore. Three tries with no luck. But I wrote about reporting on Fillmore and some of his motions: www.halifaxexaminer.ca/arts-and-cul...

Houston wants to sell our views and waterways to the rich. #FAIL Tourism industry says parks and protected areas should be off limits for development #NovaScotia 'There’s lots of land available for sale in Nova Scotia," says industry association president www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"More concerning than this is that there isn’t a clear reason why this year flopped so hard for HalifACT" Our "climate emergency" action is far far from what that requires. Other cities have hit the ground running

One (Conservative) ex Minister apologises for not speaking out. The political silence from the West over killings has been deafening throughout, and continues. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

New paper is out tomorrow, grab it at Alantic News or @kingsbookstore.bsky.social. Cover by @acbzw.bsky.social on last week's HalifACT update. On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social writes about Police and Snow clearing.

If you are struggling to understand what #motonormativity looks like, this thread is for you! #CarBrain #NoFreeParking

Are people more enraged about homeless encampments than they are about homelessness, and who is responsible for that?

Public Works invited public feedback on the Traffic Safety Act, but it was proclaimed a week later. Consultation is ongoing though it is unclear how feedback will be incorporated into what is now final law. My feedback if anyone would like to use for their own. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

10% rise in people needing food banks in Nova Scotia, new report shows ___________________ · By Natasha O'Neill · halifax.citynews.ca/2025/10/28/1...

102 suggested improvements "could include rapid transit and/or carpool lanes" But probs an extra lane for all vehicles is what we'll end up getting first, with "potential" for dedicated transit lanes to be added at a future date www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Interesting

What cyclist has caused chaos on Quinpool this morning, @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social ?

disturbing hate on cyclists caused by extremely dangerous conflicting traffic lights. In no other situation could dangerous engineering for vulnerable persons be accepted. There are also directional green lights conflicting with the pedestrian walk sign (Dartmouth) www.facebook.com/groups/33150...

Hey. Hi. Hello. In this Halloween Special , I continue HFX By Bike's annual tradition of trying to genuinely scare you using nothing but spreadsheets and graphs. This year it's all about the city's taxes and why it feels like Halifax can never get ahead. youtu.be/l8kCed6o4Bc

Halifax Regional Council are looking for feedback on the accessibility impacts of their winter snow clearing operations.

In Canada, the lethargy and lack of urgency and resolve is seen at every level of government. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

first a Kirk homer and now this

don't spook the kiddos, let them spook you (and rule residential roads)

More of this. I would also like to see sidewalks not closed with no other practical option for pedestrians.

WOW! I never thought of it this way! @seebo429.bsky.social

And the thousands of missing Palestinian civilians, mainly women and children? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Friends of the Halifax Common trying to stall housing demolition for bus lanes. This whole project is far from ideal, but this isn't the anawer

Seems to be a theme in conservative run Provinces these days.

Fairview food pantry is always where I drop donations. 6 Titus and 12 Hillcrest are where the boxes are!

I did the #BikeBrigadeHFX delivery from the Mobile Food Market to the Halifax Community Fridge yesterday. The range of affordable produce on offer was impressive. List of upcoming locations here: www.mobilefoodmarket.ca/market-calen...